Once in a while, the transatlantic language drift grates along its respective fault lines and induces a bit of a cross-cultural brain fart. For example, this weekend somebody suggested a game of Clue, which I assumed was the same as Cluedo. It is. Not only that, but for the sake of bragging rights, we invented [...]
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Ask The (Extended) Family
Do you remember Ask The Family? I mean the 70′s version with Robert Robertson sporting a Donald Trumpian comb-over/weave but without the necessary product. Robert Robertson Do you remember the picture round where an ordinary everyday object would be photographed in extremely tight close-up and they’d zoom out until somebody realised it was a potato [...]
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Now if Danny can answer this one like he did the last one then he officially becomes my hero. Damn, if anybody can answer this one they’ll become my hero. Are you able please to give me the following information:- 1)What were the names of the main types of machinery which would have been used [...]
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Whilst I wouldn’t say I’m inundated with weird and wonderful requests and questions from all four corners of the internet, I would say that I do get more than my fair share. There are questions sitting in the comments and in my inbox that are either worthy of an answer of even worthier of my/your/our [...]
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